Livery... hmm I don't really like it but after BTW Force India livery I can accept pretty much everything. The thing I don't understand is the light blue color, I don't remember this color on Williams livery ever in the past and it's - as far as I know - not connected with any sponsor so... just why? :/

I'm not a fan. Something about it just screams cheap and tacky. Like the kind of livery you'd get from a team in a feeder series, or the kind of thing you'd see as a generic livery available when creating a team in an F1 game. Not what I'd expect to see on an actual F1 car.

I'll echo the comments of others here in that it looks cheap and not particularly well thought out.

Lets hope it was because they were directing as many resources as they could to getting the car right in the off season. If they can't it'll remind me of an old saying I'm fond of, "If you can't do the job, at least look like you can do it".

If you're going to have a dud car, you might as well make it look good & in the looks department, the Williams has come up short on this one.

The comments from Claire about her job hanging on whether or not Frank could part with his 'traditional' navy blue depress me. He should fire her because she ran the team into the ground, not because of a shade of blue that isn't a tradition anyway. The first Willams F1 titles were won with a white car trimmed in green. Then they won a bunch with cars that had prominent yellow, medium blue and red trim, before winning more with medium blue and white. Navy first appeared in 2000, and no titles have occurred since. What kind of tradition is that?

_________________Does anyone think that there has ever been a moment of frustration with his father when Max has pointed out to Jos that he was the Pierre Gasly of 1994?

The comments from Claire about her job hanging on whether or not Frank could part with his 'traditional' navy blue depress me. He should fire her because she ran the team into the ground, not because of a shade of blue that isn't a tradition anyway. The first Willams F1 titles were won with a white car trimmed in green. Then they won a bunch with cars that had prominent yellow, medium blue and red trim, before winning more with medium blue and white. Navy first appeared in 2000, and no titles have occurred since. What kind of tradition is that?

Because Williams were so competitive during Frank's last years leading the team?

Claire hasn't run the team into the ground. They were backmarkers last year, but that was the first time during her tenure that they were the worst team. Williams ceased being a top team and became just another also-ran while Frank was still in charge.

Their drivers this year include the hottest prospect on the grid, partnered with a driver who the majority of fans wanted to see back and who was once a top driver. They have a technical chief who has won multiple WCCs. It isn't reasonable to describe the team as having been run into the ground.

The comments from Claire about her job hanging on whether or not Frank could part with his 'traditional' navy blue depress me. He should fire her because she ran the team into the ground, not because of a shade of blue that isn't a tradition anyway. The first Willams F1 titles were won with a white car trimmed in green. Then they won a bunch with cars that had prominent yellow, medium blue and red trim, before winning more with medium blue and white. Navy first appeared in 2000, and no titles have occurred since. What kind of tradition is that?

I think her comments were tongue in cheek and that you are reading way too much into them. And the truth is that none of us know if the downfall of Williams is her fault. They went pretty much 8 years without a win between 2004 and 2012 which before her time.

They benefitted from being the second best Mercedes powered car between 2014 and 2016. Last season was horrendous. The car was woeful and the driver lineup was depressingly weak. Steps have been taken to address tge latter. Time will tell on the former.

They have a technical chief who has won multiple WCCs. It isn't reasonable to describe the team as having been run into the ground.

They have a technical chief who happened to be at teams who won multiple WCCs but who is not necessarily the common demoninator. If he was so good then Mr Stroll would have tried to take him to Racing Point.

I'm no designer to say the least but those colours and lines just don't seem to go well together. Too bad.

There's only really one color involved - the others are white and black. I'm pretty sure it would be possible to develop a livery - using white, black and light blue - that actually looks good. It wouldn't involve a dubious 2000-era photoshop fade brush as the main design element, however.

It looks quite boring, but not hideously "busy" like some F1 cars have been over the years so it's not ALL bad, but if it moves the team up even just a couple of places in the WCC next year I'll let them off